Microsoft announces the release of second major version of .NET Core

Microsoft today released the latest version of its cross-platform, open source and modular .NET platform, .NET Core 2.0. .NET Core 2.0 comes with major performance improvements in the runtime and framework. And it implements .NET Standard 2.0, which more than doubles the number of APIs available for developers. .NET Core 2.0 has also been deployed to Azure Web Apps. Find the full change log below.